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Canada - Government Effectiveness 2019

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Government Effectiveness · World Bank WGI

1.70 +0.02 from 2018 Global rank: 10th

Canada's government effectiveness was 1.70 in 2019, increased +0.02 from 1.68 in 2018. This was the 10th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Government Effectiveness by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	2.23	0.0%
2nd	Finland	1.97	-2.0%
3rd	Switzerland	1.92	-4.0%
4th	Denmark	1.87	3.5%
5th	Andorra	1.85	-1.5%
6th	Monaco	1.85	-1.5%
7th	Norway	1.83	-0.9%
8th	Netherlands	1.77	-2.4%
9th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.71	-8.3%
10th	Canada	1.70	1.3%
11th	Luxembourg	1.70	-2.4%
12th	Sweden	1.67	0.2%
13th	Liechtenstein	1.65	-2.3%
14th	New Zealand	1.63	0.2%
15th	San Marino	1.58	-1.5%
16th	Japan	1.55	-5.2%
17th	Australia	1.54	-1.1%
18th	Germany	1.50	-1.9%
19th	Austria	1.49	2.5%
20th	Iceland	1.48	3.9%
21st	United States	1.45	-5.4%
22nd	United Kingdom	1.45	6.5%
23rd	United Arab Emirates	1.38	-3.2%
24th	France	1.34	-5.7%
25th	Korea	1.33	17.4%
26th	Bermuda	1.31	-1.5%
27th	Israel	1.29	10.2%
28th	Brunei Darussalam	1.28	5.4%
29th	Ireland	1.26	-8.8%
30th	Estonia	1.14	-0.9%
31st	Portugal	1.13	-4.0%
32nd	Cayman Islands	1.13	-2.8%
33rd	Macao SAR, China	1.13	-2.8%
34th	Belgium	1.11	-9.1%
35th	Latvia	1.07	6.5%
36th	Slovenia	1.04	-3.7%
37th	Lithuania	1.01	-2.3%
38th	Aruba	0.99	-2.5%
39th	Spain	0.97	0.0%
40th	Malaysia	0.97	-8.2%
41st	Cyprus	0.96	8.2%
42nd	Czechia	0.92	-3.3%
43rd	Chile	0.86	-4.8%
44th	Mauritius	0.86	-3.6%
45th	Malta	0.82	-11.5%
46th	Greenland	0.79	-2.6%
47th	Georgia	0.77	47.9%
48th	Fiji	0.76	-1.6%
49th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.76	-1.6%
50th	Qatar	0.71	12.2%
51st	Uruguay	0.64	27.4%
52nd	Seychelles	0.62	-1.7%
53rd	Barbados	0.59	53.7%
54th	Jamaica	0.59	-1.1%
55th	Slovak Republic	0.55	-5.4%
56th	China	0.54	9.7%
57th	Poland	0.51	-6.2%
58th	American Samoa	0.49	-1.7%
59th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.49	-1.7%
60th	Croatia	0.46	-11.1%
61st	Italy	0.45	10.3%
62nd	Hungary	0.45	1.7%
63rd	Bahamas, The	0.45	-11.0%
64th	Samoa	0.44	-29.8%
65th	Botswana	0.38	47.6%
66th	Costa Rica	0.35	-1.4%
67th	St. Lucia	0.34	3.4%
68th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.34	3.4%
69th	Greece	0.31	21.6%
70th	Cabo Verde	0.28	-18.2%
71st	Saudi Arabia	0.26	-4.6%
72nd	Thailand	0.26	2.4%
73rd	Bhutan	0.25	-11.0%
74th	Bahrain	0.25	105.0%
75th	Palau	0.23	-2.2%
76th	Guam	0.22	-2.2%
77th	Tonga	0.21	7.3%
78th	Oman	0.21	62.7%
79th	Bulgaria	0.17	55.3%
80th	Indonesia	0.14	-1.9%
81st	India	0.13	-50.3%
82nd	South Africa	0.13	23.5%
83rd	Montenegro	0.11	17.7%
84th	Namibia	0.10	-11.9%
85th	Panama	0.10	687.6%
86th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.10	-40.9%
87th	Rwanda	0.09	16.7%
88th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.09	-57.5%
89th	Jordan	0.07	-21.4%
90th	Kazakhstan	0.07	263.6%
91st	Philippines	0.06	-3.8%
92nd	Colombia	0.03	123.5%
93rd	Viet Nam	0.03	337.9%
94th	Russian Federation	0.02	123.3%
95th	Nauru	0.00	-101.8%
96th	Serbia	-0.02	-122.5%
97th	Kuwait	-0.02	85.7%
98th	Türkiye	-0.02	70.1%
99th	Tunisia	-0.04	-441.3%
100th	Kiribati	-0.05	18.9%
101st	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.05	-2.4%
102nd	Albania	-0.06	-177.4%
103rd	Grenada	-0.11	44.9%
104th	Argentina	-0.12	-530.5%
105th	North Macedonia	-0.12	-322.6%
106th	Sri Lanka	-0.12	51.3%
107th	Peru	-0.13	61.1%
108th	Azerbaijan	-0.13	11.7%
109th	Senegal	-0.13	59.2%
110th	Marshall Islands	-0.17	8.8%
111th	Belarus	-0.17	41.4%
112th	Maldives	-0.18	63.1%
113th	Cuba	-0.18	28.9%
114th	Puerto Rico (US)	-0.20	-3.7%
115th	Romania	-0.22	-21.4%
116th	Armenia	-0.23	-32.5%
117th	Brazil	-0.23	55.0%
118th	Mongolia	-0.23	4.9%
119th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.25	44.6%
120th	Morocco	-0.25	28.0%
121st	Dominica	-0.25	5.9%
122nd	Ghana	-0.29	9.4%
123rd	Mexico	-0.31	-4.7%
124th	Ukraine	-0.33	27.3%
125th	Dominican Republic	-0.35	9.6%
126th	Ecuador	-0.37	-15.7%
127th	Kosovo	-0.37	16.7%
128th	Guyana	-0.40	-55.2%
129th	Moldova	-0.44	12.8%
130th	Kenya	-0.44	10.5%
131st	Benin	-0.49	22.4%
132nd	Vanuatu	-0.52	-12.2%
133rd	El Salvador	-0.53	-8.4%
134th	Tuvalu	-0.54	3.0%
135th	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.56	13.6%
136th	Algeria	-0.57	-16.2%
137th	Paraguay	-0.58	4.6%
138th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.60	-25.3%
139th	Uzbekistan	-0.60	2.7%
140th	Mauritania	-0.61	26.2%
141st	Honduras	-0.62	-0.1%
142nd	Cambodia	-0.62	-3.9%
143rd	Suriname	-0.63	8.7%
144th	Belize	-0.63	-1.1%
145th	Eswatini	-0.64	5.0%
146th	Uganda	-0.65	6.3%
147th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.71	-5.3%
148th	Pakistan	-0.72	-7.7%
149th	Guatemala	-0.73	-1.2%
150th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.73	-13.2%
151st	Zambia	-0.74	-13.5%
152nd	Bangladesh	-0.75	1.1%
153rd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.75	3.8%
154th	Gambia, The	-0.77	-1.8%
155th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.78	2.1%
156th	Nicaragua	-0.78	4.3%
157th	Burkina Faso	-0.78	-20.8%
158th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.79	-139.9%
159th	Papua New Guinea	-0.79	-20.9%
160th	Malawi	-0.80	0.3%
161st	Lebanon	-0.81	-20.1%
162nd	Lao PDR	-0.82	-12.9%
163rd	Djibouti	-0.82	17.0%
164th	Niger	-0.84	-1.5%
165th	Tanzania	-0.85	-9.6%
166th	Guinea	-0.86	16.6%
167th	Timor-Leste	-0.86	8.3%
168th	Cameroon	-0.87	-1.0%
169th	Solomon Islands	-0.88	2.1%
170th	Lesotho	-0.90	2.2%
171st	Mozambique	-0.91	5.4%
172nd	Gabon	-0.96	-15.8%
173rd	Togo	-0.97	11.1%
174th	Turkmenistan	-1.02	6.6%
175th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.04	12.9%
176th	Nepal	-1.09	-14.4%
177th	Mali	-1.10	-7.1%
178th	Tajikistan	-1.12	4.0%
179th	Angola	-1.13	-12.3%
180th	Congo, Republic of	-1.13	5.7%
181st	Sierra Leone	-1.17	1.4%
182nd	Myanmar	-1.19	-8.6%
183rd	Madagascar	-1.19	1.5%
184th	Nigeria	-1.21	-8.5%
185th	Zimbabwe	-1.31	-1.0%
186th	Iraq	-1.31	-3.5%
187th	Burundi	-1.37	5.2%
188th	Liberia	-1.39	-5.4%
189th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.43	10.7%
190th	Afghanistan	-1.52	-1.2%
191st	Guinea-Bissau	-1.56	-2.5%
192nd	Chad	-1.61	-2.9%
193rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.66	-5.3%
194th	Sudan	-1.66	-1.8%
195th	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.74	-2.5%
196th	Comoros	-1.75	-2.2%
197th	Libya	-1.77	-5.3%
198th	Central African Republic	-1.78	-2.6%
199th	Eritrea	-1.80	-1.9%
200th	Haiti	-2.07	-5.1%
201st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.28	-3.1%
202nd	Yemen, Republic of	-2.33	-2.4%
203rd	South Sudan	-2.38	-2.7%

FAQ

What was Canada's government effectiveness in 2019?▾

Canada's government effectiveness in 2019 was 1.70. This ranked 10th globally.

How did Canada's government effectiveness change in 2019?▾

Canada's government effectiveness increased by 1.3% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2019?▾

Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2019 at 2.23.

What is the government effectiveness of Canada in 2019?▾

The government effectiveness of Canada in 2019 was 1.70. This ranked 10th globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Canada's government effectiveness?▾

Canada's government effectiveness went from 1.68 in 2018 to 1.70 in 2019, a 1.3% increase.

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